Lit in Translation

Charlotte Wood

Born 1965 · Australia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • Written in English

    Booker 2024 · Shortlist

    Stone Yard Devotional

    Stone Yard Devotional

    Charlotte Wood · 58 when first published

    Novel

    AI-generated summary:Worn out by city life, a woman in her middle years goes back to the plains of her childhood and, almost without deciding to, joins a tiny community of nuns, although she has no belief in God.

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2016 · Shortlist

    The Natural Way of Things

    The Natural Way of Things

    Charlotte Wood · 50 when first published

    Novel · 315 pages · Speculative, Politics

    AI-generated summary:Two young women come round from sedation to discover they are captives, along with eight others, on a derelict property in the Australian outback, shaven-headed and watched over by two men and a supposed nurse.

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2005 · Shortlist

    The Submerged Cathedral

    The Submerged Cathedral

    Charlotte Wood · 39 when first published

    Novel · 302 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Beginning in 1963, a man and a woman share a love that endures through sacrifice, loss and a rivalry between sisters, in a story that crosses Australia and passes through European cities.